Marco Verratti: Why the Italian would be a fine replacement for Cazorla

An interesting rumor out today. Arsenal are reportedly eyeing PSG’s Italian playmaker Marco Verratti. As reported by The Week: “Meanwhile Caughtoffside reports that Arsene Wenger was doing more than just watching his boys take on Paris Saint-Germain last night in their Champions League clash at the Emirates. He was also running the rule over Marco

Manchester United is keen on signing £20 million-rated right-back Serge Aurier once the January transfer window opens up. The Red-Devils have utilised Antonio Valencia as a makeshift right-back thus far, but Mourinho is looking to bring in Aurier as a replacement for the Ecuador international in a bid to have a more natural player in

Although their EFL Cup defeat at the hands of West Ham came as a blow, Chelsea will be pretty happy with the start that they have made to life under Antonio Conte. Top teams are always looking to strengthen their squad, however, and recent reports in the Daily Star suggest that the Blues are interested

Edinson Cavani is currently one of world football’s most divisive figures. For some, he’s still the monster he was in Naples, waiting to re-assume his place in the conversation of the ‘world’s best strikers’ after finally being given the PSG #9 role he so craved. For others, he’s a player past his prime, who misses

As we all know, Paris Saint-Germain have struggled to fill the void left by Zlatan in the summer. The reigning league champions currently sit third in Ligue 1 and are currently six points adrift of early pace setters Nice and have reportedly pinpointed Atletico Madrid star Antoine Griezmann as the ideal candidate to replace Ibrahimovic.

It’s probably fair to say that Jese Rodriguez’s move from Real Madrid to PSG caught a few people by surprise. The 23 year old has been on the fringes of the first team for a while now at the Santiago Bernabeu, so it’s not a great shock that he has finally moved on but the

Paul Pogba has signed for Manchester United for the umpteenth this week without actually signing for the club. In fact for the past fortnight, Pogba has had close to five medicals at Manchester United, or so the transfer tabloids have said. The Juventus midfielder is open for a move back to Old Trafford, with United

As Liverpool unveiled their latest summer signing, the £25 million Georginio Wijnaldum from Newcastle, out came an interesting statistic. Since 2011 the Merseyside club has now spent £230 million on players from Aston Villa, Southampton and Newcastle. That includes the £30 million shelled out for Sadio Mane this summer and although some of the deals

It has been the norm from time immemorial for players to be identified with their kit numbers. A goalkeeper would ordinarily adorn the number 1 jersey while a striker would go for a number 9: number 5 is mostly for defenders, while the number 10 is usually reserved for the most naturally gifted player in

France’s Dimitri Payet has been one of the stars of the group stage at Euro 2016 and if he continues in that vein throughout the tournament, West Ham might find themselves in a battle to hold on to the player come the end of it. Payet was one of the undisputed best players in the

Barely a month has gone by since Leicester City defied all expectations to win the Premier League, but already they seem to be faced with a massive struggle to hold onto their best players. The fear might be that if one goes, several more might look to jump ship too with N’Golo Kanté certainly high

Saturday’s Champions League final between Real and Atletico Madrid marked the close of European club competitions for the 2015/16 season. As focus now switches to the UEFA European Championship to be hosted in France, here are the leading goal scorers in the top five Leagues in Europe; majority of whom will take part in the

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is known for being the notorious one and has always managed to be at the centre of attention. Recently, the tall striker didn’t miss his opportunity to let the football world know that his time is up at the Parc des Princes by tweeting: “I came like a king, left like a legend.”

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While PSG have been synonymous with splashing out crazy amount of money for the world’s best talents, the club’s Qatari owners have also been ensuring local talent gets a chance to represent the club. Adrien Rabiot is one example, Jean-Kevin Augustin the other. Originally from Plaisir, the forward arrived at PSG in 2009 after a